Subj : which is why I built my own..
To   : August Abolins
From : Maurice Kinal
Date : Fri Dec 26 2025 09:50 pm

Hey August!

> You are still connecting with a host system with binkp, and fetching
> .PKT files, right?

Uncompressed .PKT files in order to avoid zip and other such corruption.  At 
present, and past for that matter, this fidonet node has been using binkd for 
transfers to host nodes out there it requires connecting with.

> And then you are doing something with those .PKT files and storing
> them in JAM format or something other?

You have the basic idea.  However the format is not PKT as all of that is 
stripped out considering it is utter crap.  Same with the first 14 bytes of 
packed msg's which are also given ye olde heave-ho.  Basically it is a stored 
msg format without any binary data to get in the way of progress.  It is 100%, 
unadultered printable text with a few ascii control codes to facillitate all 
sorts of compatibilty you can ever dream up, including QWK if that is actually 
a desirable option, which of course it isn't.

Дуже груви, 
Maurice

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